This Year in Boxing Has Been Terrible

Nothing can take my love for boxing from me but add in a bunch of life distractions and it's that much harder to keep up with the bull**** that has gone on this year. People weren't being dramatic. It happened. It wasn't just talk. A shitload of people walked away in part or in full because of the Mayweather/Pacquiao debacle.

 

Just wait another 10 years or so boxing will be about as popular as the professional bowling tour. All of the talent will have left for MMA by then.

Don't want to sound like the voice of doom, but boxing has really become marginalized in the last decade and I only see it getting worse. I'll be there to watch it till the end, though.

 

Tell me about it there is no fights I'm really excited about this year. Im actually going to the Mosley vs. Mora fight at Staples Center and I'm not that excited, I just hope we get some good meaningul fights on the way.

 

2009 and '10 have both sucked long stick that goes boom....... "Obamatricks" is not really working like the nation had hoped....... The USA since 2008 is the worst off its been since the '29 crash....... A good majority of decent folks here in the USA are either struggling hard or broke and seeking protection in order to keep a roof over there head....... 'Nuff said......

MR.BILL

 

Boxing is in my blood but this year has been horrible. Im praying Martinez-Williams II gets made to save the year from all the dissapointment.

I saw "The 41 Year Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall And Felt Superbad About It" and they mentioned Floyd Mayweather so i do see a light in the tunnel.

 

Overall, it has been a disappointing year.

 

It hasn't been an amazing year but like any other year there's quality boxing on almost a weekly basis if you're willing to sniff it out.

Who gives a rat's ass if the #1 and #2 on a bunch of people's silly made-up pound-for-pound lists don't face off?

So what if there are some injuries and postponements?

If you just take it all in, week to week, and stop sweating the "big picture" you'll find there's nothing to gripe about. If the best action you see in a given month is on an ESPN2 undercard, or a crappy twenty dollar PPV, or on a Spanish-language channel - hey, at least you saw some good action. So what if it wasn't marquee names?

The dude abides. So does boxing.

 

I knew the boxing scene was gonna bite the rod back at the first of the year when I gandered at the slated fight list for 2010..... '10 is not the best for anything......

MR.BILL

 

This guy by far is the one true fan of boxing I've seen on this thing they call the internet. IB could marry my daughter if I have one.

 

what's crazy is 140 is so stacked yet nobody is fighting anyone..its like they're waiting to see who loses first.

 

Exactly, there are fights every weekend with some importance.

Its certainly a bad run of big fights not happening, but the fights are out there and if they happen next year we will go from the 'worst' to 'best' year ever.

To be honest I think that a lot of people who come on here only care about the big two and maybe a few more big names.

 

Just off the top of my head:

Maidana-Cayo
Leapai-Walker
Wlodarczyk-Fragomeni II
Lopez-Concepcion (while it lasted)
Perez-Mares
Pascal-Dawson
Munroe-Terrazas
Kessler-Froch
Marquez-Diaz II
Andrade-Lucas
Murray-Buckland
Martinez-Pavlik
Escalante-Roman
Concepcion-Hammond
Karmazin-Miranda
Burgos-Martinez
Bolling-Oganov
Cotto-Foreman
Angulo-Julio
Soto-Diaz
Solis-Santiago

Anyone who hasn't seen a bunch of good fights in 2010 has only themselves to blame.

 

The sport put all its eggs that Pacquiao/Mayweather was going to happen this year. As a result we got practically nothing to show for this year.